Saleem's Tawa & Grill — Restaurant in Manchester

Sheer Brilliance!!! (3 of us -Family meal, the rest went for Chicken wraps / wings somewhere else & definitely regretted their decision after we told them how good Saleems Tawa Still Is!) We have visited & loved Saleems as a great place to eat since we noticed it probably about 3 years ago, (seems like a part of our family routine)when we first went, everywhere else was fully booked or too busy & that was a blessing in disguise as we discovered the wonderful Saleems!!! Ordered Starter Tawa for 2, which ìncludes 2 Seekh kebabs, 2 Lamb Chops, 2 Skewers worth of Chicken Tikka, 2 Chicken Wings, Chips & Nan. We ordered 2 extra Tandoori Rottes & soft drinks & half a kilo of boneless chicken Karahi (hot). Seekh kebabs were amazing / beautiful. Lamb Chops were exceptional, flavoursome and melt in your mouth. Chicken Tikka was light in colour, perfectly flavoured & disappeared like magic when you ate it. Chicken Wings were wonderful (Someone else ate those, I don't really like Wings, so when one of the experts in the family says they were good, you know it's true) Nan was beautiful, soft, fluffy and cooked to perfection. (Someone else again ate that & they are very fussy about their Nan, so for them to say it was perfect is enough) Rottees were best of the best of the best, what your dream Rottees should be like. Drinks were ok, but we need Salaam Cola & other Boycott Friendly Drinks. Chicken Karahi was really good, but we as a family are experts of Karahi in the UK, so it has to compare Akbars in Bradford, Tipu Sultan in Birmingham & although it was a really high standard, it was a 7.5 out of 10. (Karahi is normally slightly more "zingy" you can taste more spices & a little less thick / more fluid, it would normally be 8 out of 10). Mint Sauce, Chilli Sauce & Basic Side Salad are complimentary, we chose to pay for mineral water over tap water. (Don't like Manchester Tap Water, nothing is as good as Stoke-on-Trent Tap Water). Mint sauce was ok, but could have been better, it normally is, it doesn't seem important but small things matter. Chilli Sauce was good (so I am told). Salad was clean & basic. We asked for Ketchup, it was good. We got in just before the rush at 8pm, so service was fast, food being consumed within 20 minutes, we normally ask for everything together (Restaurants can normally do this unless they are super busy). We asked to be seated upstairs & they now have a flowery ceiling and seating upgraded, we were seated at the table by the stairs facing the "washrooms", normally we refuse to sit there, because we can constantly see ppl going in & out of the washrooms, but Saleems have been super clever & put a enormous padded seat back on the side closest to the washrooms, so it wasn't an issue. We washed our hands downstairs before we came up in the sink by the counter, but no paper roll to dry your hands. We love Saleems, great food at an affordable price, just over £40 (not including the tip), we were super hungry & although we are not massive eaters, we are definitely not underweight!!!! Lol!!! We ate our fill & loved the food & still brought back half the Katahi & some of the Chicken Tikka. (It won't be in the fridge long, it will disappear as the 1st of the regretful ones (who dined elsewhere) to get up will eat it, probably disappeared overnight!!! Lol!!! (Somehow when the food is this good you do eat less than normal). (Another table ordered everything cooked in desi ghee, they charged them £5 extra in total to cook all their 3 mains in desi ghee, they're much braver than us, we wouldn't dare, we have used only vegetable oil / sunflower oil for cooking at home for all my lifetime. The flavour is definitely better with desi ghee, but is it worth it in terms of your longterm health, I don't think so, but each to his/her own (decisions & life choices). Life is a Classroom, you're always learning, they won't say No, next time we tell them we are going to Saleems!!! Thank-you to the Staff & Owner Amazing ppl as always, although all the former exceptional waiting staff have changed the new staff...

Food was okay, but seen as this is a relatively new place, I can forgive them for the minors here and there such as too much masala or overcooked/undercooked food. The burgers are nice, and the tawa. Prices are a little high for this type of restaurant however the staff are very welcoming and the owner is a very nice person. For that reason, its a solid 3 out of 5👏 Update** Decided to visit saleems again after a good year, and unfortunately have been quite disappointed with the customer service. Firstly, the waiter for some strange reason, took some of our food back from the table to the kitchen, and then brought it back to the table again, which I found very eccentric. Secondly, the same waiter started taking empty dishes away, whilst we were still eating... It isn't a major issue, but it does cause a slightly disruption and embarrassment, couldn't the waisted just have waited until we have fully finished our meal?... Thirdly, when it came to paying, the cashier who seemed to be a foreign person with a ponytail, was totally incompetent in the sense that he couldn't do simple maths. He first charged us £8.50 for a dish costing £7.50, and he had added a total of £6 extras into our bill, things that we didn't even order! Including extra sauce, and extra naan breads and chapatti, clearly they put someone else's extra orders into our bill. Very frustrating, we told the server that the chicken dish was worth £7.50 and almost left the shop thinking we had paid the correct amount, but realised we were still overcharged by £5.00 which is really unacceptable. There was no excuse for this, as the restaurant wasn't overly busy. The staff are unfortunately very incompetent, and I wish that brother saleem was still managing the restaurant, the man with the buttoned shirt was reluctant to apologise too, and I was quite shocked at the level of service, and the extent to which it had dropped since my last visit last year. It really is a shame and does put the restaurant down, because cooking good quality food is the difficult part, and having a satisfactory level of customer service really isn't difficult. So I do not know why this is an exception for saleems, it is a shame as the food was...

Not been here in a few months so visited Saturday 15th April. I used to regularly order their biryanis and meat curries every week after my shift at Asda as both their lamb and chicken were spot on.

I have had to cut down on my weekly takeaways due to my own personal financial pressures so now only get a takeaway as a treat usually every month around pay day. Originally their chicken and lamb biryanis were boneless and then they introduced with bone which completely changed the taste and dynamics for the worse (in my opinion). To be honest I noticed they have also increased their price substantially but understand given inflationary pressures and other cost of living crisis.

However, I do feel utterly cheated that they have reduced the original size of the container, meat with bone introduced as a cheaper alternative for the owner, hardly any meat in the biryanis when I opened the two containers.

I don’t mind paying more but for you to cheat and make shortcuts in quality and quantity and not look after your customers is disappointing, totally unjustified. I always pay cash as fully aware establishments like these will no doubt try to hide paying any VAT or taxes where they can. You will hardly fail to see the “CASH ONLY” sign proudly in front of the owners till (respectfully, wake up Mr stop cheating decent and loyal customers by reducing the portion sizes).

I won’t be going again as there are too many competitive and better quality eateries in the Longsight and Levenshulme areas who specialise in Indian related cuisine.

Please note I was a genuine customer and make no recommendations of where you should eat. Please also note the owner is so arrogant, rude and also disillusioned given his comments from some negative feedback. His response from negative feedback ie, the chicken palak was TASTELESS from a recent customer review and the owner feeds back with “see you soon” (my point exactly - he...